Laughter yoga is especially beneficial for older people. Many seniors are in need of more human contact. While most of them are surrounded by peers whom they like and share similar interests with, many still dearly miss their children and family. What so many seniors say they really miss is having people close to them who they can share their emotions with.

Laughter can give seniors that much needed feeling of closeness and connection. The exercises are simple, structured and entertaining. They are easy & safe and provide a genuine form of physical exercise. They are appropriate for everyone, regardless of cognitive, sensorial or motor abilities / limitations. Participation is invited and never forced. Laughter Yoga seems to lift depression and replace it with a positive outlook. Health improves and often, many chronic ailments disappear. Staff-patient communication and relations also improve. People with senile dementia and the onset of Alzheimer’s show remarkable improvement.